Written Answers Wednesday 9 February 2005

Written Answers

Wednesday 9 February 2005

Scottish Executive

Antisocial Behaviour

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-11134 by Cathy Jamieson on 28 October 2004, how many antisocial behaviour orders granted in each local authority area in each year since 1999 related to noise nuisance.

Hugh Henry: The Executive has commissioned research on the use of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs), including data on the types of prohibitions made. Initial findings indicate that, in 2003-04, 46% of ASBOs included prohibitions on noise nuisance. Information on the content of antisocial behaviour orders has not been collected for previous years. An interim report will be published in the spring.

  Section 15 of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 requires local authorities to keep records of orders in their area, including information on prohibitions imposed by the order. This will inform data collection on the use of ASBOs in future.

Antisocial Behaviour

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many antisocial behaviour orders granted in each local authority area in each year since 1999 have been breached and how many of these related to noise nuisance.

Hugh Henry: Information on convictions where the offence involved breach of an antisocial behaviour order is provided in the following table. The information is provided by court area as robust information by local authority area is not currently available.

  Information is not available on the type of conduct which led to the orders being broken.

  Breach of Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Charges Proved in Scottish Courts - 1999 to 2003

  

Sheriff Court
1999
2000
2001
2002
20032


Aberdeen 
-
-
4
18
17


Airdrie 
-
-
-
3
3


Arbroath
-
-
-
-
2


Ayr
-
-
-
-
1


Cupar 
-
-
1
5
-


Dumbarton 
-
-
1
-
-


Dundee 
-
-
-
6
2


Dunfermline 
-
2
1
3
6


Edinburgh 
1
5
20
4
4


Glasgow 
-
5
6
1
1


Hamilton
-
-
-
-
4


Kirkcaldy 
-
-
-
5
5


Oban 
-
-
1
-
-


Peebles 
-
-
1
-
-


Peterhead 
-
-
1
1
-


Selkirk 
-
2
-
2
2


Stirling
-
-
-
-
2


Tain
-
-
-
-
2


Total1
1
15
37
51
51



  Notes:

  1. Includes a small number of High Court and District Court cases.

  2. Provisional data.

Asylum Seekers

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question 204530 by Des Browne MP on 17 January 2005 (Official Report, c 740W), how it distributed the payments it received from the National Asylum Support Service from 1999-2000 to date, broken down by local authority.

Malcolm Chisholm: The payments received by the National Asylum Support Service were distributed according to claims submitted by the local authorities accommodating asylum seekers who arrived prior to the dispersal programme being introduced. Information on individual payments to authorities is set out in the following table.

  

Authority
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03


Aberdeen City
85,674.63
95,580.97
91,087.01
65,061.62


Aberdeenshire
11,476.66
3,924.42
 
 


Argyll and Bute
5,775
7,605
7,280
7,904


Dumfries and Galloway
6,817.22
3,371.84
2,860
3,000


Dundee City
14,468.48
4,448.80
12,199.20
12,199.20


East Ayrshire
1,852.80
253.19
1,946.38
4,468.90


East Dunbartonshire
250.56
2,688.75
6,438.04
2,980.33


East Lothian
 
 
 
6,000


East Renfrewshire
16,851
14,199.50
8,214.80
1,276


Edinburgh City
1,530,757.85
2,106,082.07
2,025,999.36
1,912,772.30


Falkirk
425.60
 
2,386.82
6,947.08


Fife
25,989.07
63,819.58
47,761.03
25,750.25


Glasgow City
1,615,734.95
1,666,869.94
2,510,133.40
2,052,174


Highland
6,963
441.70
856.45
2,920.75


Midlothian
4,429.44
1,926.49
1,696.19
863.13


North Ayrshire
 
2664
 
 


North Lanarkshire
35,825.42
68,072.08
66,041.96
49,362.81


Perth and Kinross
 
 
4291.80
5000


Renfrewshire
13,955.09
21,274
3,475.17
 


Scottish Borders
 
24,001.06
21,074.37
24,599.85


South Ayrshire
1,995.73
1,182.20
 
 


South Lanarkshire
11,586
8,674.38
8,964.67
5,097.57


Stirling
14,863.65
14,749.80
 
 


West Dunbartonshire
1,020.49
4,215.07
 
 


West Lothian
7,285.83
11,938.96
12,645.52
13,000

Asylum Seekers

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources it plans to invest in programmes to reskill and retrain refugees, broken down by local authority area.

Malcolm Chisholm: Scottish Executive is considering what resources are needed in 2005 to help refugees reskill and retrain in the future.

  The Executive is working with key stakeholders (the Enterprise Networks, Jobcentre Plus and many others) to develop a framework for employability interventions which will enable individuals to access training for work, get into employment and to continue to develop their skills once in work.

  In 2004-05 the Scottish Executive funded a total of £323,913 for a range of programmes, mainly in Glasgow where most refugees live, to help improve refugees’ employment prospects. Another round of funding for 2005-06 will be announced in spring 2005 which will include projects with a focus on reskilling and retraining refugees.

Broadcasting

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has met BBC Scotland to discuss what action is being taken to promote a greater uptake of BBC Radio Scotland’s programmes and to ensure the sustainability of jobs within the station.

Patricia Ferguson: Broadcasting is a reserved matter. Action to increase the popularity of BBC Radio Scotland’s programmes is a matter for the BBC itself.

Broadcasting

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been earmarked to promote Scotland as a venue for (a) television and (b) radio commercial production.

Patricia Ferguson: We are committed to developing Scotland as a production centre for film, TV and new media and as a location for film-making; to encouraging and promoting wider creative industries, and to supporting the promotion of Scottish films and TV programmes overseas.

  Scottish Screen is the Executive’s principal agency for the development of the screen industries in Scotland and for the promotion of Scotland as a location for production. Scottish Screen’s budget amounts to some £2.875 million per annum. We have not earmarked Scottish Screen’s funds for specific purposes.

  Scottish Development International leads on delivering Scotland’s international economic development effort focussing on delivering the priorities set out in the Executive’s Global Connections strategy. This includes the attraction of high value economic activity to Scotland, the internationalisation of Scottish companies and the exchange of skills, ideas, intellectual capital and networks of people.

Broadcasting

Richard Lochhead (North East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what value it places on the role of regional broadcasting in maintaining local culture and identity and what steps it has taken to protect this service.

Patricia Ferguson: Broadcasting is a reserved matter. We attach considerable importance to the role that regional broadcasting and programming play in nurturing local culture and identity. We have made our views clear in discussions with the broadcasters, Ofcom and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Cancer

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in West Dunbartonshire died from cancer, shown also as a proportion of the national average, in each of the last five years.

Tavish Scott: The information requested is presented in the table:

  

 
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003


Number of deaths1
311
286
320
275
310


Relationship to Scottish average2
119
110
117
103
116



  Notes:

  1. Calculated using ICD10 codes C00-C97 (malignant neoplasms) for 2000-03 and ICD9 codes 140-209 (malignant neoplasms) for 1999.

  2. Standardised mortality ratio: Scotland =100.

Cancer

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in West Dunbartonshire died from respiratory cancer, shown also as a proportion of the national average, in each of the last five years.

Tavish Scott: The information requested is presented in the table:

  

 
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003


Number of deaths1
108
80
90
93
110


Relationship to Scottish average2
140
110
123
124
155



  Notes:

  1. Calculated using ICD10 codes C30-C39 for 2000-2003 and ICD9 codes 160-165 for 1999.

  2. Standardised mortality ratio: Scotland =100.

Cancer

Ms Rosemary Byrne (South of Scotland) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths were due to cancer in 2004, broken down by (a) region and (b) cancer type in each region.

Tavish Scott: Provisional 2004 figures for deaths from the principal types of cancer, broken down by health board area, will be published in the Registrar General’s Preliminary Return on 24 March 2005. Final figures for 2004 will be made available on the GROS website ( www.gro-scotland.gov.uk ) in July 2005. Final figures for 2003, broken down by council area and health board area, may be found on the GROS website at http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files/03t6-3.pdf .

Climate Change

Richard Lochhead (North East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive which recommendations identified in Potential Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change in Scotland (a) have and (b) have not been acted upon, giving details in relation to each recommendation, and when a Scottish adaptation strategy will be published.

Ross Finnie: Recommendations in Potential Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change in Scotland identified priorities for a climate change adaptation strategy in Scotland. The study recognised that an adaptation strategy to climate change in Scotland did not require a fundamentally different framework to that already existing. Therefore, rather than publishing a strategy at this time, we are working with the UK Government to consider how the proposed UK Framework for Climate Change Adaptation might be developed to inform our approach to climate change adaptation in Scotland.

  In parallel, we are progressing those study recommendations which were directed specifically at the Scottish Executive: the need for a partnership approach between the Executive and stakeholders; the role of the Scottish Executive as educators and facilitators, and the need for strategic oversight from the Scottish Executive. One of the ways in which we are taking these forward is by funding development of a Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership (SCCIP) to provide a forum at strategic and local levels to address climate change impact issues. A further recommendation concerned the need for the Executive and local authorities to have further discussions on flood risks and land use planning. These took place during the preparation of Scottish Planning Policy 7 – Planning and Flooding - which was published in February 2004.

Culture

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to encourage and promote the animation industry.

Patricia Ferguson: The Scottish Executive, through Scottish Screen, is very supportive of the animation industry in Scotland. Scottish Screen works closely with Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and Edinburgh College of Art, in particular, to promote and encourage a high level of animation skills.

Dentistry

Richard Lochhead (North East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the average number of applications per place has been at each dental school in each of the last three years.

Mr Jim Wallace: Information on the number of applications is not held by the Scottish Executive. These statistics are a matter for the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

  The target intake for undergraduate dentistry in universities in Scotland for 2004-05 is given in the following table, as published by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council at the website address http://www.shefc.ac.uk/library/06854fc203db2fbd000000fa803fa922/annex2.html.

  Undergraduate Dentistry: University 2004-05 Intake Targets

  

University
Home/EU
Overseas
Total


Dundee
64
3
67


Glasgow
87
3
90


Total
151
6
157



  Source: Scottish Higher Education Funding Council - Circular letter HE/03/04.

Drug Misuse

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that pharmacies, drug misuse and harm-reduction services are not punitive in their outlook when working with those involved in drug misuse.

Hugh Henry: Staff attitudes are central to effective engagement with drug users and it is recognised that punitive and/or judgemental attitudes are counterproductive. The Scottish Executive has published research which describes good practice in prescribing, and clearly explains the risk to public health of re-using and sharing injecting equipment. A range of training programmes delivered by Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol addresses attitudes towards drug use and drug users.

  The Right Medicine - A Strategy for Pharmaceutical Care in Scotland acknowledges the contribution that pharmacists can play in delivering services to drug misusers in Scotland.

Drug Misuse

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what estimates it has made in respect of the numbers of sterile injecting equipment required for each episode of illicit drug injecting in each of the last five years.

Hugh Henry: The Scottish Executive has published research which estimates that the numbers of injecting drug users in Scotland in 2000 and 2003 were 22,805 and 18,737 respectively. The frequency of injecting by any drug user will vary considerably. However, by assuming that the number of injecting episodes varies between one and three per day, the estimated numbers of sterile injecting equipment required per year were 8 to 25 million in 2000 and 7 to 20.5 million in 2003.

  The reports of the National Prevalence Studies in 2000 and 2003 can be viewed at:

  http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/abstracts/prevalence.htm 

  http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/abstracts/prevalence3.htm.

Drug Misuse

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many needles and syringes were distributed to illicit drug injectors last year and how it will address any shortfall in the number of needles and syringes being provided.

Hugh Henry: Information provided by drug and alcohol action teams in the annual Corporate Action Plans indicates that 3,937,553 needles and syringes were distributed across Scotland in 2003-04.

  The Lord Advocate’s guidance on needle exchange was changed in December 2002 to allow needle exchange facilities to give out a greater number of needles and syringes, per individual per transaction. The impact of this change is currently being evaluated by the Executive under the Scottish Drug Misuse Research Programme. The final report of the study will be made available later this year.

Drug Misuse

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what level of paraphernalia has been distributed in needle and syringe exchanges following amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and whether any financial restrictions have had an impact on the amount of additional paraphernalia that needle exchange programmes can distribute as a preventative measure against blood-borne viruses.

Hugh Henry: This information is not currently available. The Executive is currently in the process of commissioning research, jointly with the National Treatment Agency in England, to undertake a national survey of needle exchange services in Scotland and England. The findings will give a clear indication of the extent and nature of paraphernalia distribution by needle exchanges, including pharmacy schemes.

  In addition to specific allocations for blood-borne viruses and drug treatment, health boards are given a unified budget to meet the health care needs of their resident population. It is for boards to decide how best to utilise this funding to meet local and national priorities.

Employment

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13368 by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 January 2005, what percentage of children in Scotland lived in non-working families, broken down by local authority area, in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02, (d) 2002-03 and (e) 2003-04.

Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is in table 1 below. As the information is only available at local authority level for 1999-2000 and 2001-02, additional information is contained in table 2.

  Table 1: Percentage of Children in Scotland who live in Households with no Adults in Paid Employment, by Local Authority

  

 
1999 and 2000
2001 and 2002


%
Base
%
Base


Aberdeen City
20
477
17
454


Aberdeenshire
9
741
7
704


Angus
13
325
15
310


Argyll and Bute
13
280
16
269


Clackmannanshire
23
317
23
266


Dumfries and Galloway
11
417
17
406


Dundee City
24
295
31
355


East Ayrshire
25
325
23
350


East Dunbartonshire
7
315
10
322


East Lothian
14
292
13
313


East Renfrewshire
10
302
7
285


Edinburgh City
16
992
23
906


Eilean Siar
8
295
20
267


Falkirk
16
433
13
395


Fife
21
940
19
930


Glasgow City
38
1,415
37
1,336


Highland
20
568
18
593


Inverclyde
21
268
24
241


Midlothian
20
349
10
362


Moray
15
310
11
329


North Ayrshire
26
406
24
356


North Lanarkshire
22
933
19
945


Orkney
5
261
11
269


Perth and Kinross
12
345
8
325


Renfrewshire
21
445
19
409


Scottish Borders
8
296
10
278


Shetland
5
380
10
372


South Ayrshire
15
331
24
309


South Lanarkshire
14
792
18
821


Stirling
20
295
9
275


West Dunbartonshire
26
252
24
207


West Lothian
16
470
17
478


Scotland
20
14,862
19
14,437



  Table 2: Percentage of Children in Scotland who Live in Households with no Adults in Paid Employment, by Local Authority Grouping

  

 
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003


%
Base
%
Base
%
Base
%
Base
%
Base


Edinburgh
18
521
15
471
22
481
25
425
17
477


Glasgow
43
617
34
798
37
712
38
624
35
604


Fife
22
472
19
468
20
401
18
529
21
478


North Lanarkshire
24
481
21
452
22
487
17
458
23
409


South Lanarkshire
15
380
12
412
17
411
18
410
22
406


Highlands and Islands
16
1,051
14
1,043
15
1,050
16
1,049
11
986


Grampian
18
616
9
602
11
594
11
564
12
540


Tayside
13
486
20
479
20
473
17
517
16
378


Central
20
456
17
589
15
511
12
425
16
471


Dunbartonshire
19
284
13
283
20
298
12
231
15
273


Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
18
502
19
513
18
484
16
451
16
501


Ayrshire
23
532
22
530
22
532
25
483
22
408


Lothians
19
623
13
488
10
612
19
541
12
506


Southern Scotland
8
378
11
335
16
348
13
336
14
314


Scotland
21
7,399
18
7,463
19
7,394
20
7,043
18
6,751



  Notes:

  1. Source: The Scottish Household Survey (SHS), 1999-2003.

  2. Figures for 2004 have not yet been published.

  3. Comparisons between years and areas should be treated with caution as the statistics may differ due to, for example, sampling variability.

  4. For the purposes of this parliamentary question, "adults in paid employment" are defined as being people aged 16 or over who are in full- or part-time employment, or who are self-employed.

  5. Children are defined here as being people aged less than 16 years.

  6. The results are given for calendar years as the survey is not designed to be representative for any council area for a financial year.

  7. Table 1 gives figures for two-year periods, as the SHS is not designed to be representative for all councils over a one-year period.

  8. Table 2 gives figures for each calendar year for local authority groupings. For further information on these groups, please refer to the SHS publications (www.scotland.gov.uk/shs).

  9. The base numbers show the size of the population sub-group questioned in the survey (i.e. children examined in each area) but cannot be used to calculate how many respondents gave a certain answer.

Environment

Rosie Kane (Glasgow) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive what resources have been made available for the enforcement of EU environmental law.

Ross Finnie: Primary responsibility for the enforcement of EU environmental law lies with the Scottish Executive’s Environment and Rural Affairs Department, working with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and other bodies as appropriate. The department’s resources allocated to this work are not separately identified but are included in its programme budgets, including the grant in aid provided to the SEPA and the income it obtains through charges, and its directly allocated administration costs. More detailed information on spending proposals for the Department in 2005-06 is contained in the appropriate section of Scotland’s Budget Documents 2005-06: Budget (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill Supporting Document, a copy of which is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 35000).

Environment

Mr Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13508 by Ross Finnie on 24 January 2005, in which month it expects to introduce a revised code of practice for the safe use of plant protection products.

Ross Finnie: There are some complex issues to be resolved prior to the introduction of a revised Code of Practice and I cannot be any more specific than the answer given to question S2W-13508.

Film Industry

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what its strategy is for promoting Scotland at a UK and international level as a venue for interactive screen programming.

Patricia Ferguson: We are committed to developing Scotland as a production centre for film, TV and new media and as a location for film-making; to encouraging and promoting wider creative industries, and to supporting the promotion of Scottish films and TV programmes overseas.

  Our support to the screen industries, and to the wider creative industries, is channelled through Scottish Screen, Scottish Enterprise, and the Scottish Arts Council, who provide support for a variety of projects relating to different aspects of interactive screen programming.

  Scottish Development International leads on delivering Scotland’s international economic development effort focussing on delivering the priorities set out in the Executive’s Global Connections strategy. This includes the attraction of high value economic activity to Scotland, the internationalisation of Scottish companies and the exchange of skills, ideas, intellectual capital and networks of people.

Fisheries

Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive what levels of emamectin benzoate (SLICE) residues have been found in the flesh of farmed Scottish salmon in each year since 1999.

Rhona Brankin: The Veterinary Medicines Directorate runs a programme of surveillance for residues of veterinary medicinal products and certain other substances in products of animal origin. As part of this, Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department’s Fisheries Research Service collects samples of salmon, which are analysed for avermectins. Emamectin was included in this surveillance in 2003, but not included prior to this date.

  

Year
Number of Samples Analysed
Number with Detectable Residues
Residues below the MRL and Concentration (µg/kg)
Residues above the MRL and Concentration (µg/kg)


2003
180
2
60, 70
0


2004
179
0
0
0



  During 2003 and 2004, a total of 359 samples of salmon were collected for emamectin analysis. No samples were found to contain residues above the MRL of 100µg/kg. In 2003 two samples were found to contain residues at concentrations of 60 and 70µg/kg. No samples analysed in 2004 were found to contain detectable residues of emamectin.

Health

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in West Dunbartonshire died from strokes or heart disease, shown also as a proportion of the national average, in each of the last five years.

Tavish Scott: The information requested is presented in the table:

  

 
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003


Number of deaths1
399
371
376
333
377


Relationship to Scottish average2
111
109
115
103
120



  Notes:

  1. Calculated using ICD10 codes I60-I69 (cerebrovascular diseases) and I20-I25 (ischaemic heart diseases) for 2000-2003, and ICD9 codes 430-438 (cerebrovascular diseases) and 410-414 (ischaemic heart diseases) for 1999.

  2. Standardised mortality ratio: Scotland =100.

Health

Chris Ballance (South of Scotland) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received a copy of the final report by the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters and the response by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation and the Environment and whether it will respond to these reports.

Mr Andy Kerr: Yes. The Executive has received a copy of the report of the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters (CERRIE) and of the subsequent response from the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) in their 9th report.

  CERRIE was set up in 2001 to consider the models used for assessing risk from inhaled and ingested radiation. The COMARE response makes a number of recommendations. Of particular significance is that Government should review the resources made available for research on radon exposures and for remedial action to reduce radon levels in homes. This is the largest source of ionising radiation exposure for most members of the public. In this regard, the Scottish Executive has provided funding of £300,000 to the National Radiological Protection Board to complete its mapping of the distribution of radon exposure in Scottish homes. The board will also advise on the need for further preventative measures in Scotland.

Health

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much (a) in cash terms and (b) per capita each NHS board was allocated because of a weighting for deprivation since the introduction of the Arbuthnott formula.

Mr Andy Kerr: The Arbuthnott formula takes account of four main indicators to determine the level of funding allocated to each board. These are each board’s population size, age/sex structure, deprivation levels and remoteness. No specific allocation is made to boards because of the weighting for deprivation. The formula is used to determine the total level of funds allocated to boards for their unified budgets. It is for each board to decide how best to meet the health care needs of their resident population from the totality of the funds it receives, taking account of national and local priorities.

Health

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13361 by Mr Andy Kerr on 25 January 2005, whether it will set out the full detail and text of any conditions which are to be imposed in respect of the provision of extra allocations to the NHS prior to the end of the financial year; what "milestones" and "targets" will be used as the basis for the allocation of such funds, and whether the conditions attached to the funds contain any references that interfere with the professional judgement and opinion of clinicians in respect of the way in which patients should be treated and the place where such treatment should be carried out.

Mr Andy Kerr: Where the Executive decides to attach conditions to allocations of additional money to the NHS, these will be agreed at the relevant time. It is entirely appropriate for the Executive, where it makes additional funds available to the NHS for specific purposes, to attach relevant conditions. In that way we can be sure that the extra money is targeted on national service improvement priorities and delivers benefits equitably for all patients in Scotland.

  Where boards are allocated additional funds to enable them to reduce waiting times for patients on the waiting list, conditions typically applied to boards (and accepted by them along with the additional funding) will include a requirement to reduce numbers of patients waiting longer than a stated period. This is clearly in the interests of patients. It does not interfere with clinical judgements and opinions. Clinicians – like the Executive - want to see NHS patients treated as soon as possible. It is up to NHS boards to decide where treatment should be given, provided clinical standards are adhered to and patients’ views are taken into account.

Hepatitis

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider increasing substitution treatment as an alternative to needle exchange in respect of tackling hepatitis C in prisons.

Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

  The Scottish Prison Service is steadily increasing its commitment to substitution treatment. While such treatment reduces the demand for injecting drugs, it does not remove the risk of spread of blood borne infection from sharing needles. International experience is that operating needle exchange schemes can be an effective additional measure to protect the population, rather than as a replacement for substitution. The Scottish Prison Service is currently considering its approach to measures such as making needle exchanges available to prisoners. It has not reached a decision.

Hepatitis

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake a review of substitution treatment and the dosage supplied in order to develop its effectiveness in addressing injecting drug misuse and in reducing the transmission of hepatitis C.

Hugh Henry: These matters are covered in the Drug Misuse and Dependence - Guidelines on Clinical Management , published jointly in 1999 by the Department of Health and Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish counterparts. The Executive is currently in discussion with the Department of Health and others in scoping the work required to update these guidelines.

Hepatitis

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will set target dates in its action plan to tackle hepatitis C.

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will identify the resources required and the basis for their allocation in its action plan to tackle hepatitis C.

Mr Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the question S2W-13828 answered on 7 February 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search .

Hepatitis

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how it will consult patients in the preparation of its action plan to tackle hepatitis C.

Mr Andy Kerr: Consultation with stakeholders is integral to the development of the action plan. This will be pursued in a number of ways, including meetings and further discussions to ensure active involvement of the broadest possible range of stakeholders.

Housing

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive why 56.6% of council house sales were completed within 26 weeks in 2003-04 compared to 60.1% in 2002-03 and 67.4% in 2001-02, as referred to in Audit Scotland’s report Housing & Social Work - Performance Indicators 2003/04 - Comparing the performance of Scottish councils .

Malcolm Chisholm: There is no statutory time limit on the overall time from application to a completed sale, however there are statutory time limits on key stages of the process:

  Where the landlord is satisfied that a valid application has been received and that all information has been provided, the formal offer to sell must be served on the tenant within two months of the application to buy being received.

  Where an offer to sell is served on the tenant and the tenant wishes to proceed, they will have up to two months from the most recent offer to accept the landlord’s offer.

  Once offer is accepted, there is no timeframe within which conveyancing must be completed.

  The time taken to complete sales will be affected by the time taken for each of these stages in the process. The overall fall in % of sales completed within 26 weeks in 2003-04 reflects a mix of improved and reduced performance by individual councils compared with 2002-03. The report shows that 14 councils improved performance while 14 completed a lower percentage of sales within the period. The Executive expects councils to achieve and maintain high standards of performance in all the services they provide.

Housing

Richard Lochhead (North East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for rural home ownership grants have been made in each local authority area in each of the last seven years, showing year-on-year percentage changes.

Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

  The number of applications for rural home ownership grants (RHOGs) which have been made and progressed in each local authority area in each of the last seven years, showing year-on-year percentage changes is as follows.

  Number of RHOG Applications made and Progressed by Unitary Authority (1997-98 to 2003-04) (Number and Percentage change)

  

 
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04


No
%
No
%
No
%
No
%
No
%
No
%
No
%


Aberdeen-shire
0
-
1
100
1
0
0
-100
0
0
1
100
1
0


Angus
0
-
1
100
0
-100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0


Argyll and Bute
1
-
1
0
4
300
4
0
8
100
1
-88
10
900


Highland 
19
-
19
0
16
-16
22
38
15
-32
27
80
36
33


Moray
0
-
0
0
1
100
0
-100
0
0
0
0
0
0


Orkney Islands 
12
-
7
-42
14
100
17
21
25
47
26
4
28
8


Perth and Kinross
3
-
5
67
1
-80
2
100
1
-50
3
200
1
-67


Shetland Islands 
1
-
5
400
6
20
2
-67
5
150
3
-40
1
-67


Stirling 
1
-
0
-100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0


Scottish Borders
5
-
3
-40
4
33
2
-50
1
-50
2
100
3
50


Western Isles
3
-
2
-33
3
50
2
-33
0
-100
1
100
3
200

Housing

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authority-owned residential properties there are in each local authority area and, of these, how many properties are (a) considered difficult to let, (b) vacant and not scheduled for reletting and (c) scheduled for demolition.

Malcolm Chisholm: Of the information requested, only the number of local authority-owned dwellings is available centrally, which is shown in table 1.

  Responsibility for assessing housing needs and conditions rests with local authorities as part of their Local Housing Strategies. It is an expectation set out in the guidance that, as part of a wider strategic approach to address housing need, alongside neighbourhood renewal and community planning initiatives, their strategy should consider whether the existing public and private housing stock is being managed to best effect and if there are management solutions based on that stock to existing or emerging housing problems.

  Additional background information is provided in tables 1 and 2.

  Table 1 shows the number of local authority-owned dwellings for each local authority, along with a breakdown showing the normal use of the stock.

  Table 2 shows the number of local authority-owned vacant dwellings for each local authority, along with a breakdown for the reason for the vacancy. This table shows how many vacant properties are to be demolished or sold (although the number to be demolished cannot be obtained separately).

  Table 1: Local Authority-Owned Housing Stock, as at 31 March 2004

  

 
Total Dwellings
Normal Use of Stock


Letting
Designated Temporary Accommodation for Homeless
Other


Aberdeen City
25,193
23,676
72
1,445


Aberdeenshire
14,315
14,194
90
31


Angus
8,737
7,806
51
880


Argyll and Bute
6,062
5,785
40
237


Clackmannanshire
5,607
5,367
51
189


Dumfries and Galloway
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a


Dundee City
16,754
16,451
77
226


East Ayrshire
15,313
14,782
24
507


East Dunbartonshire
5,153
5,078
75
0


East Lothian
8,671
8,609
38
24


East Renfrewshire
3,695
3,461
21
213


Edinburgh, City of
27,455
26,993
0
462


Eilean Siar
1,834
1,811
23
0


Falkirk
18,837
18,342
82
413


Fife
35,430
24,210
0
11,220


Glasgow City
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a


Highland
15,538
15,443
95
0


Inverclyde
8,866
8,781
85
0


Midlothian
6,604
6,565
39
0


Moray 
6,567
6,559
6
2


North Ayrshire
15,333
15,119
104
110


North Lanarkshire
42,392
41,899
291
202


Orkney
838
783
42
13


Perth and Kinross
8,807
8,207
0
600


Renfrewshire
16,881
15,613
105
1,163


Scottish Borders, The
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a


Shetland
2,028
1,936
60
32


South Ayrshire
9,411
9,345
66
0


South Lanarkshire
30,358
29,325
239
794


Stirling
6,869
6,846
23
0


West Dunbartonshire
12,577
12,395
182
0


West Lothian
14,091
14,011
80
0


Scotland
390,216
369,392
2,061
18,763



  Notes:

  1. Source: Stock1 returns by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department.

  2. Figures for Edinburgh are estimates based on March 2002 due to outstanding returns.

  3. Figures for Aberdeenshire, Shetland and West Lothian are estimates based on incomplete returns from March 2004.

  4. Following housing stock transfers, figures for Dumfries and Galloway, Glasgow and Scottish Borders are not included.

  5. Letting stock includes all dwellings which are either currently let or are available or potentially available for letting.

  6. Other stock includes:

  (a) Tied housing;

  (b) Dwellings which are currently out of use and expected to be permanently out of use because of planned demolition;

  (c) Dwellings which are currently out of use and expected to be out of use for at least a year;

  (d) Dwellings which are classed as low demand, and

  (e) Dwellings used solely for decant.

  Table 2: Local Authority-Owned Vacant Housing Stock, as at 31 March 2004

  

 
Total Vacant Dwellings
Reason for Vacancy


(a) Used as temp. Accomm. for Homeless
(b) To be Demolished or Sold with Vacant Possession Within Two Years
(c) Part of Modernisation or Major Repair Programme
(d) In Identified Low Demand Area
(e) Other


Aberdeen City
1,388
30
0
49
351
958


Aberdeenshire
293
18
42
9
76
148


Angus
233
1
16
22
67
127


Argyll and Bute
293
2
221
1
15
54


Clackmannanshire
204
7
0
7
157
33


Dumfries and Galloway
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a


Dundee City
642
8
31
92
99
412


East Ayrshire
683
0
108
0
370
205


East Dunbartonshire
45
9
0
0
0
36


East Lothian
82
1
0
31
0
50


East Renfrewshire
323
3
231
0
0
89


Edinburgh, City of
1,170
12
529
77
0
552


Eilean Siar
28
0
0
4
0
24


Falkirk
548
3
192
105
41
207


Fife
1,596
0
534
4
113
945


Glasgow City
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a


Highland
246
17
46
79
11
93


Inverclyde
892
2
372
2
333
183


Midlothian
46
6
0
1
0
39


Moray 
33
0
3
6
0
24


North Ayrshire
204
1
81
0
0
122


North Lanarkshire
670
6
21
6
421
216


Orkney
18
8
0
1
3
6


Perth and Kinross
513
13
255
0
0
245


Renfrewshire
1,388
14
943
98
85
248


Scottish Borders, The
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a


Shetland
120
5
0
4
0
111


South Ayrshire
220
0
0
0
50
170


South Lanarkshire
1,150
26
669
29
70
356


Stirling
227
25
62
0
91
49


West Dunbartonshire
1,144
60
432
31
398
223


West Lothian
77
19
11
18
0
29


Scotland
14,476
296
4,799
676
2,751
5,954



  Notes:

  1. Source: Stock2 returns by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department.

  2. Figures for Edinburgh are estimates based on March 2002 due to outstanding returns.

  3. Due to housing stock transfers, figures for local authority dwellings in Glasgow, Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders are not included.

  4. If a dwelling falls into more than one category, it is allocated to the category that appears first in the table from left to right.

  5. Dwellings are included in category (a) if they are used solely as temporary accommodation for the homeless.

  6. There is no information to determine whether dwellings in category (b) could be made habitable.

  7. Dwellings are included in category (c) if the modernisation or repair scheme is due to be implemented within two years.

  8. Dwellings are included in category (d) if the authority has developed a strategy to deal with the low demand.

Justice

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-85 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many, and what value of, fines were written off in each sheriff court district in 2003-04.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information on Sheriff Court fines and compensation orders is given in the table.

  Fines/Compensation Order Write-Offs - 2003-04

  

Sheriff Court
Number of Fines
Total Value (£)


Aberdeen 
0
0


Airdrie
57
11,541.20


Alloa
5
1,114.00


Arbroath
0
0


Ayr
0
0


Banff
3
800.50


Campbeltown
4
982.00


Cupar
8
1,659.35


Dingwall
1
50.00


Dornoch
0
0


Dumbarton
7
176.00


Dumfries
0
0


Dundee
10
2,925.00


Dunfermline
0
0


Dunoon
0
0


Duns
0
0


Edinburgh
284
75,916.19


Elgin
0
0


Falkirk
0
0


Forfar
0
0


Fort William
0
0


Glasgow
108
26,572.82


Greenock
0
0


Haddington
0
0


Hamilton
0
0


Inverness
0
0


Jedburgh
0
0


Kilmarnock
0
0


Kirkcaldy
0
0


Kirkcudbright
0
0


Kirkwall
3
323.36


Lanark
0
0


Lerwick
0
0


Linlithgow
111
18,270.92


Lochmaddy
0
0


Oban
0
0


Paisley
282
65,733.30


Peebles
0
0


Perth
46
10,675.60


Peterhead
0
0


Portree
3
1,216.85


Rothesay
1
50.00


Selkirk
0
0


Stirling
6
611.46


Stonehaven
0
0


Stornoway
0
0


Stranraer
1
1,500.00


Tain
0
0


Wick
2
320.00


Total
942
220,438.55

Justice

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-86 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many, and what value of, district court fines were remitted (a) fully or (b) in part in each year since 1999, broken down by sheriff court district.

Cathy Jamieson: The information available relates to the number of district court fines remitted and is given in the table. Data on the value of district court fines remitted is not held centrally. As district courts are operated by Local Authorities the information is provided by local authority area. Yearly totals for Scotland are not comparable due to data being unavailable in different courts in different years.

  Number of District Court Fines Fully Remitted, 1999-2000 to 2003-04

  

District Court
1999-20001
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-042


Aberdeen City
146
33
94
52
157


Aberdeenshire
61
28
79
18
26


Angus
27
6
5
3
20


Argyll and Bute
162
60
54
38
50


Clackmannanshire
12
1
3
2
1


Dumfries and Galloway
28
-
11
9
N/A


Dundee City
38
25
30
52
25


East Ayrshire
116
13
68
-
N/A


East Dunbartonshire
16
6
5
-
2


East Lothian
-
5
2
4
5


East Renfrewshire
-
2
-
-
-


Edinburgh, City of
408
N/A
240
175
107


Eilean Siar
-
19
N/A
N/A
N/A


Falkirk
42
14
11
5
25


Fife
225
117
137
57
N/A


Glasgow City
385
141
43
79
17


Highland
180
125
19
27
74


Inverclyde
31
23
31
28
33


Midlothian
2
5
12
10
16


Moray
2
1
19
4
29


North Ayrshire
59
13
24
24
18


North Lanarkshire
425
2503
6454
6565
N/A


Perth and Kinross
80
126
79
2116
40


Renfrewshire
255
143
49
61
131


Scottish Borders
41
5
5
1
2


South Ayrshire
2
6
44
30
129


South Lanarkshire
106
41
21
24
11


Stirling
32
40
N/A
N/A
N/A


West Dunbartonshire
436
55
22
78
22


West Lothian
36
154
154
37
69


Scotland
3,353
1,457
1,906
1,685
1,078



  Notes:

  "N/A" denotes data not available.

  1. Includes partly remitted fines – a separate breakdown of fully and partly remitted fines was not collected for 1999-2000.

  2. Provisional data.

  3. Coatbridge only.

  4. Includes fully and partly remitted fines, registered fines and compensation orders.

  5. Includes fully and partly remitted fines; excludes partly remitted fines for Coatbridge; includes remitted registered fines and compensation orders for Motherwell.

  6. Includes partly remitted fines.

  Number of district court fines partly remitted, 2000-01 to 2003-041

  

District Court
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-044


Aberdeen City
26
17
21
113


Aberdeenshire
21
31
13
6


Angus
15
10
4
11


Argyll and Bute
25
22
17
21


Clackmannanshire
2
4
-
2


Dumfries and Galloway
12
6
3
N/A


Dundee City
69
-
70
31


East Ayrshire
8
37
-
N/A


East Dunbartonshire
5
2
2
-


East Lothian
1
1
-
-


East Renfrewshire
3
-
-
-


Edinburgh, City of
N/A
38
10
13


Eilean Siar
-
N/A
N/A
N/A


Falkirk
10
6
8
34


Fife
38
42
34
N/A


Glasgow City
40
39
50
23


Highland
103
18
3
39


Inverclyde
9
19
12
18


Midlothian
-
5
6
4


Moray
-
1
-
13


North Ayrshire
36
36
36
30


North Lanarkshire
102
N/A3
N/A3
N/A


Perth and Kinross
57
N/A
N/A3
26


Renfrewshire
129
57
59
104


Scottish Borders
1
3
3
1


South Ayrshire
2
46
18
114


South Lanarkshire
36
7
12
6


Stirling
7
N/A
N/A
N/A


West Dunbartonshire
26
22
30
12


West Lothian
4
6
25
48


Scotland
695
475
436
669



  Notes:

  "N/A" denotes data not available.

  1. The numbers of fines which were partly remitted in 1999-2000 are included with the number of fully remitted fines in the first table – a separate breakdown of fully and partly remitted fines was not collected for that year.

  2. Coatbridge only.

  3. See footnote to corresponding figure of fully remitted fines in the first table

  4. Provisional data.

Justice

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-89 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many, and what value of, sheriff court fines were outstanding on 31 March (a) 2003 and (b) 2004, in total and broken down by sheriff court district.

Cathy Jamieson: The information is provided in the following tables. It should be noted that the outstanding balances for each year are not cumulative. Not all of the balance currently outstanding is due to default in payment - over half the accounts are within their valid payment period and should be paid within that period. Collection levels have been steadily improving over recent years, with over 80% of all financial penalties imposed in the sheriff and High Court in 2001-02 (the most recent year in which the majority of fine accounts are now closed) collected in full.

  As at 31 March 2003

  

Sheriff Court
Number of Open Fine Accounts
Outstanding Balance (£)


Aberdeen
2,020
521,298.95


Airdrie
1,361
340,921.11


Alloa
451
189,082.86


Arbroath
445
101,204.38


Ayr
1,152
256,497.93


Banff
145
50,775.67


Campbeltown
126
30,605.50


Cupar
229
46,796.15


Dingwall
202
61,164.58


Dornoch
76
31,497.39


Dumbarton
994
222,811.36


Dumfries
827
235,567.96


Dundee
1,785
428,355.06


Dunfermline
1,268
300,120.43


Dunoon
224
49,592.33


Duns
158
58,635.79


Edinburgh
4,957
2,615,487.83


Elgin
629
243,445.47


Falkirk
1,692
523,930.58


Forfar
298
74,163.18


Fort William
144
51,569.67


Glasgow
5,966
1,682,539.52


Greenock
976
240,661.56


Haddington
423
115,537.12


Hamilton
2,839
704,369.67


Inverness
810
205,157.57


Jedburgh
423
97,722.94


Kilmarnock
1,801
510,197.78


Kirkcaldy
1,423
338,723.34


Kirkcudbright
229
83,353.33


Kirkwall
110
36,834.03


Lanark
376
90,418.05


Lerwick
157
35,425.77


Linlithgow
1,555
384,130.70


Lochmaddy
18
7,215.00


Oban
136
43,850.69


Paisley
1,900
628,463.14


Peebles
96
29,735.90


Perth
898
319,689.48


Peterhead
451
124,980.75


Portree
38
10,273.53


Rothesay
60
11,573.75


Selkirk
337
112,506.30


Stirling
745
187,518.66


Stonehaven
169
38,127.40


Stornoway
140
43,425.32


Stranraer
456
230,102.86


Tain
282
80,792.84


Wick
197
77,516.69


Scotland
42,194
12,904,367.87



  As at 31 March 2004

  

Sheriff Court
Number of Open Fine Accounts
Outstanding Balance (£)


Aberdeen
2,418
640,532.64


Airdrie
1,250
319,252.99


Alloa
635
222,764.03


Arbroath
525
140,521.27


Ayr
1,297
299,286.97


Banff
194
56,370.44


Campbeltown
147
34,681.17


Cupar
223
54,503.43


Dingwall
281
72,941.99


Dornoch
86
37,895.89


Dumbarton
1,148
247,815.11


Dumfries
842
238,104.35


Dundee
2,093
487,527.77


Dunfermline
1,391
336,085.55


Dunoon
176
44,033.97


Duns
201
69,710.47


Edinburgh
4,658
2,556,129.89


Elgin
816
338,194.30


Falkirk
1,823
537,528.16


Forfar
306
80,950.37


Fort William
170
65,431.94


Glasgow
5,655
1,639,305.30


Greenock
881
228,833.35


Haddington
420
123,945.33


Hamilton
2,899
733,287.69


Inverness
909
317,621.05


Jedburgh
420
101,478.48


Kilmarnock
2,093
554,213.16


Kirkcaldy
1,538
461,032.52


Kirkcudbright
225
83,892.93


Kirkwall
109
37,882.42


Lanark
354
90,454.01


Lerwick
170
54,330.01


Linlithgow
1,422
353,763.39


Lochmaddy
21
7,251.94


Oban
174
68,860.86


Paisley
1,601
569,964.88


Peebles
97
33,560.68


Perth
921
345,540.84


Peterhead
476
118,816.77


Portree
39
11,278.68


Rothesay
66
11,006.84


Selkirk
352
106,764.51


Stirling
816
205,349.78


Stonehaven
171
39,161.58


Stornoway
134
62,498.05


Stranraer
440
161,556.41


Tain
357
103,894.09


Wick
230
88,644.63


Scotland
43,670
13,594,452.88

Justice

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-90 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many, and what value of, district court fines were outstanding on 31 March (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2003 and (e) 2004, in total and broken down by sheriff court district.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the table by local authority area. Yearly totals for Scotland are not comparable due to data being unavailable in different courts in different years. The figures for outstanding balances are the total values of imposed fines which have not yet been paid plus any remaining balance on fines which are being paid by instalments. It should be noted that the outstanding balances for each year are not cumulative, collection efforts take place continuously and the data for the most recent year reflects the existing position. Not all of the balance currently outstanding is due to default in payment - a proportion of these fines will be within their valid payment period.

  Value (£000s) of Fines Imposed by District Courts Outstanding at 31 March, 1999-2004

  

District Court
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
20041


Aberdeen City
170
146
174
110
106
104


Aberdeenshire
105
88
57
54
44
41


Angus
61
66
79
70
95
125


Argyll and Bute
19
11
15
24
25
24


Clackmannanshire
25
37
25
23
38
36


Dumfries and Galloway
91
93
74
64
70
N/A


Dundee City
108
141
117
115
116
129


East Ayrshire
N/A
N/A
27
21
N/A
N/A


East Dunbartonshire
19
17
11
11
10
9


East Lothian
23
17
21
24
25
20


East Renfrewshire
10
11
1
8
5
2


Edinburgh, City of
205
168
N/A
55
156
117


Eilean Siar
1
2
3
N/A
N/A
N/A


Falkirk
96
117
140
136
159
174


Fife
13
42
44
19
31
N/A


Glasgow City
N/A
1363
859
873
1,048
2,218


Highland
155
115
115
148
159
174


Inverclyde
33
41
59
46
39
50


Midlothian
35
35
35
22
N/A
N/A


Moray
3
3
18
18
8
21


North Ayrshire
58
58
55
21
20
10


North Lanarkshire
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A


Perth and Kinross
N/A
99
80
98
21
65


Renfrewshire
137
101
77
48
37
28


Scottish Borders
156
51
70
80
84
71


South Ayrshire
55
74
132
83
79
64


South Lanarkshire
271
235
237
284
238
226


Stirling
N/A
N/A
48
N/A
N/A
N/A


West Dunbartonshire
122
78
78
82
78
75


West Lothian
149
148
85
N/A
104
95


Scotland
2,119
3,358
2,735
2,536
2,796
3,880



  Notes:

  "N/A" denotes data not available.

  1. Provisional data.

Justice

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-91 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many fines were recovered by civil diligence following the procedure under section 221 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 and what proportion this represents of the total number of all fines imposed in 2004, in total and broken down by sheriff court district.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the table.

  

2004
Civil Diligence Used
Number of Fines Imposed
% of Civil Diligence to Imposed


Aberdeen
0
2,518
0%


Airdrie
0
1,477
0%


Alloa
0
560
0%


Arbroath
0
704
0%


Ayr
1
1,429
0.3%


Banff
0
296
0%


Campbeltown
0
187
0%


Cupar
0
378
0%


Dingwall
0
363
0%


Dornoch
0
108
0%


Dumbarton
0
1,143
0%


Dumfries
0
1,862
0%


Dundee
0
2,158
0%


Dunfermline
0
1,107
0%


Dunoon
0
223
0%


Duns
0
197
0%


Edinburgh
0
4,340
0%


Elgin
0
954
0%


Falkirk
0
1,592
0%


Forfar
0
621
0%


Fort William
0
297
0%


Glasgow
10
3,630
0.3%


Greenock
2
763
0.3%


Haddington
0
448
0%


Hamilton
0
3,188
0%


Inverness
0
1,429
0%


Jedburgh
0
406
0%


Kilmarnock
0
2,326
0%


Kirkcaldy
0
1,419
0%


Kirkcudbright
0
238
0%


Kirkwall
0
192
0%


Lanark
0
550
0%


Lerwick
4
295
1.4%


Linlithgow
0
1,322
0%


Lochmaddy
0
68
0%


Oban
0
245
0%


Paisley
0
1,630
0%


Peebles
0
147
0%


Perth
0
1,649
0%


Peterhead
1
649
0.2%


Portree
0
87
0%


Rothesay
0
107
0%


Selkirk
0
379
0%


Stirling
0
1,107
0%


Stonehaven
1
341
0.3%


Stornoway
0
199
0%


Stranraer
0
666
0%


Tain
0
344
0%


Wick
0
267
0%


National Totals
19
46,605
0.04%



  Note: There Are No Figures Available On The Actual Amounts Recovered.

Justice

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-92 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, what value of fiscal fines accepted as an alternative to prosecution under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 was outstanding on 31 March (a) 2003 and (b) 2004, in total and broken down by sheriff court district.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the table. Yearly totals for Scotland are not comparable due to data being unavailable in different courts in different years. Fiscal fines are generally collected by the district courts and, as such, the information collected centrally and given in the table is by district court, rather than sheriff court. It should be noted that a number of the fines quoted as outstanding in 2004 are still within their valid collection period and no enforcement action will yet have been taken. Information on the value of fiscal fines outstanding in Orkney and Shetland, where payment is made to the sheriff court, is not readily available from the information held centrally.

  Value (£000s) of Fiscal Fines Outstanding at 31 March, 2003 and 2004

  

District Court
2003
20041


Aberdeen City
3
1


Aberdeenshire
1
2


Angus
8
5


Argyll and Bute
1
2


Clackmannanshire
2
4


Dumfries and Galloway
9
N/A


Dundee City
7
10


East Ayrshire
6
N/A


East Dunbartonshire
3
1


East Lothian
2
1


East Renfrewshire
1
1


Edinburgh, City of
9
8


Eilean Siar
N/A
N/A


Falkirk
4
5


Fife
1
N/A


Glasgow City
123
781


Highland
17
9


Inverclyde
3
3


Midlothian
1
1


Moray
3
2


North Ayrshire
3
3


North Lanarkshire
N/A
N/A


Perth and Kinross
3
2


Renfrewshire
4
2


Scottish Borders
6
4


South Ayrshire
2
3


South Lanarkshire
28
29


Stirling
N/A
N/A


West Dunbartonshire
7
8


West Lothian
N/A
N/A


Scotland
258
887



  Notes:

  "N/A" denotes data not available.

  1. Provisional data.

Justice

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-93 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 2 June 2003, how many (a) reports have been sent to the procurator fiscal and (b) convictions have been obtained under section (i) 68(1), (ii) 68(2), (iii) 68(3), (iv) 68(5), (v) 69(1), (vi) 69(2) and (vii) 70(1) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 in 2003-04 in each sheriff court district.

Elish Angiolini QC: The information requested, for the period 2003-04, is as follows:

  No reports were sent to Procurators Fiscal in respect of sections 68(5), 69(2) and 70(1) of the Licensing Scotland Act 1976. A break down of the number of cases containing charges under sections 68(1), 68(2), 68(3), and 69(1), and the number of convictions on charges under those sections, broken down by Procurator Fiscal Office is shown in the following table. It should be noted that:(a) It is possible that the cases reported contained other charges – for different offences or under other sections of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 – that resulted in convictions, which do not show up in the data provided;(b) The data provided does not show how many of the charges were prosecuted;(c) The data provided does not show charges in respect of which non-court action was taken (such as fiscal fines, warning letters or diversion to social work or other agencies), and(d) Some of the cases reported during the period may not yet have reached a conclusion.

  Financial Year 2003-04

  

Office
S68(1)
Conviction
S68(2)
Conviction
S68(3)
Conviction
S69(1)
Conviction
Total Reports
Total Convictions


Aberdeen
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
5
0


Airdrie
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0


Alloa
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1


Arbroath
2
0
2
0
5
2
0
0
9
2


Ayr
15
5
11
1
8
1
0
0
34
7


Banff
2
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
4
2


Campbeltown
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
3
1


Cupar
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
1


Dingwall
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0


Dornoch 
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0


Dumbarton
2
0
1
0
3
1
1
0
7
1


Dumfries
5
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
7
1


Dundee
4
1
1
0
4
2
0
0
9
3


Dunfermline
2
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
7
0


Dunoon
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0


Duns
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0


Edinburgh
5
3
2
0
2
2
0
0
9
5


Elgin
1
0
0
0
6
4
0
0
7
4


Falkirk
8
1
0
0
12
3
0
0
20
4


Forfar
0
0
1
0
5
2
0
0
6
2


Fort William
1
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
6
0


Glasgow
31
3
19
2
46
8
0
0
96
13


Greenock
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0


Haddington
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0


Hamilton
8
1
1
0
13
5
0
0
22
6


Inverness
1
0
0
0
8
1
0
0
9
1


Jedburgh
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0


Kilmarnock
17
3
4
1
10
6
1
0
32
10


Kirkcaldy
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0


Kirkcudbright
1
0
0
0
8
2
0
0
9
2


Kirkwall
0
0
2
0
3
3
0
0
5
3


Lanark
3
2
1
0
5
1
0
0
9
3


Lerwick
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0


Linlithgow
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
3
1


Lochmaddy
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0


Oban
0
0
1
0
4
3
0
0
5
3


Paisley
8
1
0
0
6
0
0
0
14
1


Peebles
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
1


Perth
1
0
1
0
7
2
0
0
9
2


Peterhead
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0


Portree
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0


Rothesay
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0


Selkirk
0
0
0
0
4
2
0
0
4
2


Stirling
3
0
0
0
9
3
1
0
13
3


Stonehaven
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1


Stornoway
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0


Stranraer
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0


Tain
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
1


Wick
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0


Totals
127
21
51
4
211
62
4
0
393
87

Justice

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-94 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many recorded offences there were under section (a) 68(1), (b) 68(2), (c) 68(3) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 in (i) 2002, (ii) 2003 and (iii) 2004, broken down by local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is shown in the following tables.

  Recorded Crimes Under Section 68(1) of the Licensing Scotland Act 1976, 2002 to 2003

  

Local Authority Area
2002
2003


Scotland
268
283


Aberdeen City
21
1


Aberdeenshire
11
34


Angus
2
3


Argyll and Bute
7
13


Clackmannanshire
0
4


Dumfries and Galloway
3
13


Dundee City
11
8


East Ayrshire
30
18


East Dunbartonshire
7
11


East Lothian
3
0


East Renfrewshire
1
0


Edinburgh, City of
29
12


Eilean Siar
2
0


Falkirk
8
13


Fife
28
12


Glasgow City
9
36


Highland
12
2


Inverclyde
5
1


Midlothian
1
2


Moray
10
4


North Ayrshire
6
9


North Lanarkshire
8
0


Orkney Islands
0
5


Perth and Kinross
4
5


Renfrewshire
11
16


Scottish Borders
7
0


Shetland Islands
0
0


South Ayrshire
14
26


South Lanarkshire
4
22


Stirling
4
9


West Dunbartonshire
6
3


West Lothian
4
1



  Recorded Crimes Under Section 68(2) of the Licensing Scotland Act 1976, 2002 to 2003

  

Local Authority Area
2002
2003


Scotland
62
60


Aberdeen City
0
2


Aberdeenshire
4
2


Angus
5
1


Argyll and Bute
4
2


Clackmannanshire
0
0


Dumfries and Galloway
2
0


Dundee City
5
2


East Ayrshire
5
5


East Dunbartonshire
4
5


East Lothian
0
0


East Renfrewshire
0
0


Edinburgh, City of
5
1


Eilean Siar
2
0


Falkirk
1
1


Fife
2
4


Glasgow City
3
5


Highland
6
1


Inverclyde
1
0


Midlothian
0
0


Moray
0
2


North Ayrshire
1
2


North Lanarkshire
0
0


Orkney Islands
0
2


Perth and Kinross
1
4


Renfrewshire
1
0


Scottish Borders
0
0


Shetland Islands
0
0


South Ayrshire
8
11


South Lanarkshire
1
5


Stirling
1
0


West Dunbartonshire
0
2


West Lothian
0
1



  Recorded Crimes Under Section 68(3) of the Licensing Scotland Act 1976, 2002 to 2003

  

Local Authority Area
2002
2003


Scotland
187
273


Aberdeen City
3
4


Aberdeenshire
14
14


Angus
7
10


Argyll and Bute
7
12


Clackmannanshire
0
2


Dumfries and Galloway
4
14


Dundee City
3
6


East Ayrshire
10
12


East Dunbartonshire
16
15


East Lothian
2
1


East Renfrewshire
1
1


Edinburgh, City of
2
1


Eilean Siar
6
4


Falkirk
0
13


Fife
9
13


Glasgow City
18
21


Highland
32
26


Inverclyde
3
0


Midlothian
2
2


Moray
8
10


North Ayrshire
4
6


North Lanarkshire
6
7


Orkney Islands
6
13


Perth and Kinross
3
9


Renfrewshire
1
4


Scottish Borders
4
6


Shetland Islands
1
1


South Ayrshire
3
3


South Lanarkshire
5
26


Stirling
3
11


West Dunbartonshire
1
3


West Lothian
3
3

Meat Industry

Richard Lochhead (North East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made with the new beef cattle scheme and when the first payments will be issued.

Ross Finnie: Following consultation with stakeholders, we have developed a scheme under the national envelope provisions which will be called the Scottish Beef Calf scheme. I will be bringing forward regulations relating to the scheme, shortly. Farmers and crofters have been kept informed of our intentions.This will involve a flat rate payment for calves born in Scotland to beef-bred animals, with a higher rate payable for the first 10 animals. It is intended to support the supply of quality Scottish beef and safeguard the environment.The first payments will be made after one year’s worth of claims have been received. I expect the first payments to be made in February to March 2006.

NHS 24

Mr Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost is of a call to NHS 24.

Mr Andy Kerr: Members of the public contacting NHS 24 do so at the cost of a local telephone call. The average cost incurred by NHS 24 in dealing with a call in the quarter ending 31 December 2004 was £25.35. This cost covers call handlers, nurse advisors, team leaders, IT operational and support personnel and management and administrative input.NHS 24 became available to the whole of Scotland from mid November 2004. The figures for the fourth quarter (ending 31 March 2005) will for the first time show the fully rolled out operating costs for the national service.

NHS Waiting Times

Mr Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients (a) had hip or knee replacements in each of the last five years and (b) are currently awaiting hip or knee replacements, broken down by NHS board.

Mr Andy Kerr: The information requested is provided in the following tables.Over the last four years, the annual number of hip and knee replacement operations undertaken by NHSScotland has increased by 8.5% and 26.8% respectively.

  NHSScotland: Number of Total Hip Replacement1 Procedures Undertaken During the Years Ending 31 March 2000 to 2004 Inclusive and the Number Of Patients on the In-Patient and Day Case Waiting List for a Total Hip Replacement1 on 30 September 2004

  

NHS Board
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004P
Waiting List


Argyll and Clyde
355
377
373
439
471
298


Ayrshire and Arran
333
358
363
345
417
202


Borders
134
139
168
182
158
55


Dumfries and Galloway
150
160
157
176
168
144


Fife
407
445
427
390
399
245


Forth Valley
216
232
222
231
295
169


Grampian
619
594
597
585
663
431


Greater Glasgow
774
697
704
757
791
560


Highland
303
323
275
280
302
186


Lanarkshire
402
393
446
420
539
215


Lothian
743
784
706
826
666
495


Orkney
38
43
31
50
43
21


Shetland
31
27
26
21
40
18


Tayside
526
481
485
393
533
186


Western Isles
55
31
62
59
83
23


Scotland
5,129
5,127
5,067
5,182
5,567
3,256



  NHSScotland: Number of Total Knee Replacement2 Procedures Undertaken During the Years Ending 31 March 2000 to 2004 Inclusive and the Number of Patients on the In-Patient and Day Case Waiting List for a Total Knee Replacement2 on 30 September 2004

  

NHS Board
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004P
Waiting List


Argyll and Clyde
184
241
257
274
371
335


Ayrshire and Arran
298
309
287
326
358
299


Borders
56
69
72
77
92
34


Dumfries and Galloway
71
77
93
90
91
100


Fife
238
299
301
291
301
233


Forth Valley
159
216
187
218
237
204


Grampian
292
299
325
378
416
259


Greater Glasgow
549
567
578
578
719
720


Highland
117
150
182
162
192
143


Lanarkshire
291
299
358
319
435
316


Lothian
515
532
500
623
413
572


Orkney
8
8
11
23
24
13


Shetland
16
19
19
22
31
17


Tayside
367
329
326
303
327
195


Western Isles
9
13
17
16
14
11


Scotland
3,182
3,439
3,525
3,720
4,036
3,455



  PProvisional.Notes:1. Hip replacement is defined in terms of the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys – Classification of Surgical Operations and Procedures – 4th Revision (OPCS4) W37,W38 or W39.2. Knee replacement is defined as (OPCS4) W40, W41 or W42.

Prostitution

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been charged with soliciting or other prostitution related offences in Edinburgh in each year since 1999, showing the number who were (a) resident outwith Edinburgh and (b) non-UK nationals.

Hugh Henry: Information on persons charged by the police is not held centrally. The available information on persons proceeded against in court is given in the table. A breakdown by residency and nationality is not available for these statistics.

  Persons Proceeded Against in Scottish Courts for Offences Related to Prostitution1, Edinburgh2, 1999 to 2002

  

 

1999
2000
2001
20023


Number
10
3
3
5



  Notes:1. Where main offence.2. Persons proceeded against in Edinburgh Sheriff Court or City of Edinburgh District Court.3. Figure may be an underestimate due to time taken to record details of some court proceedings.

Rail Services

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what weight will be given to the number of cancelled train services when assessing the performance of First ScotRail.

Nicol Stephen: The ScotRail franchise agreement contains a number of benchmarks against which the operator’s performance is measured and assessed. Included in these benchmarks is a limit on the number of services which may be cancelled in any given period. Failure to meet the performance benchmarks will lead to penalty payments being imposed on the operator and could ultimately lead to breaches of the contract and default by the franchisee.

Renewable Energy

Mr Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is consulting local authorities directly about the cumulative impact of wind farm developments and whether improvements can be made to planning guidance to improve the selection process for wind farms in any given area.

Johann Lamont: Existing guidance recognises that cumulative impacts may, in particular circumstances, need to be addressed before consent is granted. With the assistance of the Environmental Advisory Forum, we are considering whether there is need for additional policy guidance or advice. Local authorities have two representatives on the forum.

Renewable Energy

Mr Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is conducting any research into how to improve planning guidance on wind farms in order to minimise the cumulative impact of wind farm developments.

Johann Lamont: The Environmental Advisory Forum for Renewable Energy is considering the need for research into the operation and effectiveness of existing renewable energy policies.

Road Accidents

Mrs Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents there have been on the A90 north of Aberdeen on the single carriageway stretch between Tipperty and Balmedie in each year since 1999, broken down into fatalities and non-fatalities.

Nicol Stephen: The number of road accidents that have occurred on the A90 north of Aberdeen on the single carriageway stretch between Tipperty and Balmedie in each year since 1999 (from January 1999 to October 2004), broken down by level of severity, is as follows:

  

Year
Fatal
Serious
Slight
Total


1999
1
2
5
8


2000
0
5
5
10


2001
0
2
3
5


2002
0
2
4
6


2003
0
0
8
8


*2004
0
0
10
10



  Notes:We do not hold records of non-injury accidents.*Covers the period from 1 January 2004 to 31 October 2004

Scottish Executive Procurement

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how it is making its procurement processes and policies more accessible to small and medium-sized suppliers.

Mr Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executive is committed to ensuring that, wherever possible, public procurement procedures offer fair opportunity for Scottish suppliers, including Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME’s), to compete. We are also committed to ensuring that pre-qualification requirements do not unfairly disadvantage SME’s.Over recent months, the Executive has been in discussion with representatives of the Scottish business community (including the Federation of Small Business, Chambers of Commerce, CBI Scotland and the Institute of Directors) regarding ways in which we can help Scottish suppliers, especially SMEs, compete for public contracts and we hope to agree a package of recommendations shortly. Measures already implemented include the development of a procurement website which provides information and guidance for those wishing to sell to the Executive and introduction the e-Procurement Scotland programme which significantly reduces transactional costs for suppliers.

Scottish Executive Publications

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much Smoking in Public Places: A Consultation on Reducing Exposure to Second Hand Smoke , cost to produce.

Rhona Brankin: The production costs of Smoking in Public Places: A Consultation on Reducing Exposure to Second Hand Smoke were £116,981.

Scottish Executive Publications

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much The International Review of the Health and Economic Impact of the Regulation of Smoking in Public Places cost to produce.

Rhona Brankin: The International Review of the Health and Economic Impact of the Regulation of Smoking in Public Places cost £46,873. The total estimated cost of referee reports and printing of this and the other two pieces of research referred to in S2W-13799 and S2W-13800 is £10,000.

Scottish Executive Publications

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much Passive Smoking and Associated Causes of Death in Adults in Scotland cost to produce.

Rhona Brankin: The study of Passive Smoking and Associated Causes of Death in Adults in Scotland was produced at no cost to the Scottish Executive. The total estimated cost of referee reports and printing of this and the other two pieces of research referred to in S2W-13798 and S2W-13800 is £10,000.

Scottish Executive Publications

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much Workplace Smoking Policies in Scotland cost to produce.

Rhona Brankin: The study of Workplace Smoking Policies in Scotland cost £113,050. The total estimated cost of referee reports and printing of this and the other two pieces of research referred to in S2W-13798 and S2W-13799 is £10,000.

Scottish Executive Publications

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much the opinion survey research commissioned from Market Research UK as part of the preparation of Smoking in Public Places : A Consultation on Reducing Exposure to Second Hand Smoke , cost.

Rhona Brankin: The opinion survey carried out by Market Research UK as part of the consultation on smoking in public places cost £6,098.

Scottish Executive Publications

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much its consultation exercise on smoking in public places cost and whether it will provide a breakdown of the expenditure.

Rhona Brankin: A breakdown of the expenditure on the consultation on smoking in public places is outlined as follows:

  

Category
Description
Cost (£)


Consultation (Written and web-based)
Materials, distribution, postage, advertising, IT, acknowledgements, 
miscellaneous expenses
175,068


Regional seminars
Scottish Civic Forum costs and venues
 23,003


Youth consultation
Young Scot fee
 30,000


Opinion survey
MRUK Contract
 6,098


Analysis, evidence report and Focus Group work
George Street Research contract
128,191


National conference
Venue, catering, materials, speakers’ expenses
 28,121


Evidence report
Printing and distribution of evidence report
 6,843


Casual staff costs
Casual staff costs to handle volume of responses
 6,321


Total
£403,645

Scottish Executive Publications

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much it spent establishing the "Clearing the Air" website.

Rhona Brankin: The cost of setting up the "Clearing the Air" web-site was £18,275.

Sport

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-4935 by Patricia Ferguson on 20 January 2005, whether it will detail all the artificial turf sports pitches for (a) football, (b) hockey and (c) other team games that  sportscotland has supported in each of the last three years for which information is available.

Patricia Ferguson: The information requested is set out in the following table.

  

Year
Organisation
Award
Sport


2001-02
Glasgow City Council
358,000
Football/hockey/multisport


 
Fife Council
385,773
Mainly football


 
Highland Council
333,400
Football/hockey


 
Fife Council
92,000
Mainly football


 
Highland Football Academy Trust
1,000,000
Football


2002-03
Aberdeen City Council
108,794
Hockey


 
Annan Athletic Football Club
102,000
Football


 
East Renfrewshire
500,000
Mainly football


 
Highland Council
435,060
Mainly football


 
Heriot Watt University
1,000,000
Football


 
Blair Atholl and Struan Initiative
52,297
Football/hockey/netball/basketball


 
Muirkirk Enterprise Group Ltd
54,224
Football/basketball/netball


2003-04
Highland Council
127,342
Football/hockey/shinty


2004-05 (to date)
Argyll and Bute Council
273,565
Football/hockey/shinty